@coyote That’s very encouraging news that your doctor sees no reason to move your surgery up. Whew. I hope this gives you some peace as you count down the time until your surgery. I’m so relieved for you.
I don't know if it is too late to send energy, but tonight I am worried for my mother.
Got notice that there are a lot of infected people, residents and staff, where she is living in a memory care unit. They are basically locking down again. Roughly half of the people living there have Covid now. It's a small place.
She is vaxxed and boosted but I am still scared for her. She will be 90 in a month or so. G-d Willing.
I am calling upon my father to keep an eye out for her. I am asking the angels to be with her. I am hoping she tests negative.
Especially concerning was the strong feeling I had that my most recent visit would be our last visit. I am hoping that this was an intuition about the new lockdown enacted today. I feel like it might have been a heads up from my dad to prepare me for this moment and lessen my fear? I sure do hope so- I can't spare her.
@ghandigirl I’ll be sending your mother loving, protective thoughts. My mother lives in a longterm care facility, due to later-stage Huntington’s disease, and Covid has begun to spread there too. Thankfully there haven’t been any serious cases among the residents so far.
Can you continue to visit her, even in lockdown? Some states have changed their approach to lockdowns since the beginning of the pandemic, recognizing how detrimental total isolation was to residents. I’d recommend checking on your state’s Health and Human Services website and ask the administrator of your mom’s facility.
@ghandigirl I sent angels to your mother and saw the walls of her room filled with joyful angel symbols. I’ve never seen anything like it which is a sign that there is truth in it. It seems like there is an energy of protection already there probably from you! I would not be afraid to visit if I had on a good mask. I ordered N99 masks from a company called Well Before.com that you can tighten to fit closely around the edges. Then wash hands after. I see how just holding her hand means so much.
My mother always had an angel print in our dining room. It also hung over her bed when she was a child. A gold framed print of three angel faces looking like cherubs. I bought her a mug that had the print on it a long time ago. I don't know if she still has the print but it always reminds me of her when I see it pop up.
Her little room is filled with Artwork I have made for her, including a portrait of her and one of my decorated "opulent" birdhouses. I pour my love into my art. Maybe that is part of the angelic energy you saw.
She is like a little child, and always so happy to see anybody. She's quite lonely, being a very social being. She is always trying to connect with others. There is a non verbal woman there who takes my mother's hand and my mother walks with her, leading her around. It must mean so much to the woman. She has a friend in my mother. I feel that is part of the holding hands you saw. I was moved to see this when I visited.
My parents were always visiting and helping the "old people" at nursing homes, well into their 70's. Growing up, my parents took in people who were lost, or being abused. They offered to adopt my friend who had a parent who was causing her broken bones. That offer led to the other parent getting sober and getting divorced. I didn't understand at the time what was happening. But they did. They were truly angels on this Earth.There was a bright light that shone from them both, and shines from her still.
My sibs and I, we are five altogether, and her remaining sibs, her sisters, all care about her so much and we send messages to each other updating her progress. She is now diagnosed with Alzheimers, like my father before her. She remembers me, like he did, and for that I am forever grateful.
I would visit but I suffer from at times crippling Anxiety. It is hard for me to even leave my house at all. But I call her and she sometimes picks up the phone. I will think about if I can try to see her.
Until then, I will imagine myself holding her hand. I will hope this passes soon so I can try to visit her in February for her 90th birthday.
I did order KN 95 masks for myself and my boyfriend. Until they come I have been masking up with a thick cloth mask, with a filter, and another mask under, so 4 layers of protection while in the schools.
I am working on releasing some of this fear. I am so scared even of this milder Omicron, and so terrified it will take her. Fear is not good. I will instead look for and feel those angels. Thank you for the comforting message.
Attached is the portrait of my mother. It really does look like her. I worked on the hands to reflect how beautiful her hands are, and the nail polish she always has. Red is her favorite color so I added the red nails and flowers. She made me a beaded bracelet a few years back so I put one of my own making on her wrist. :)
A prayer for January 6th.
Shortly after 911, NPR ( if I remember correctly) played the most incredible music I had ever heard. it was a special program in response to the 9-11 attacks called "Terror and Hope".
The music they played was the entire choral/orchestral album featuring the English Chamber Orchestra by American film and television composer Jonathan Elias.
There are 9 different symphonies and 13 different languages which are sung. Only one song has English. They are all incredibly powerful and moving and as I listened to the pieces that September day I found myself frequently crying.
Below are 2 of my favorites from this incredible work. I do however encourage you to listen to the entire album in order at some point as it is meant to be enjoyed.
The first piece I am sharing is the beautiful guitar centered prayer which features James Taylor. It is called Grace. The song came softly to me today I was cleaning my home and I knew it was a nudge from Spirit to listen to it again. As I did so, I realized the message was for me to share this song with all of you. To perhaps share the entire album with you all.
Just as 9-11-01 shook the nation to its core, so did the terror actions of January 6th 2021.
May you find some comfort, grace and hope as you move about your day today.
Grace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE7x129N9TE
The second piece is called Hope and it features The American Boys Choir and Alanis Morissette ( singing in Hungarian I believe) . Every time I hear it I cry, which I am doing again right now.
Hope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQdyRjkmK64
Be sure to listen to some of the other pieces from this album. Nusrat Fateh is marvelous and there is also a nice song featuring both Linda Ronstadt and Fateh together, singing in Spanish and Urdu I believe.
Gentlepeople,
I'll admit to becoming a bit lax in my mask-wearing in the warehouse at work, mainly because there are only ever about five of us in there. However, when I got to work yesterday, my supervisor was wearing his and he sounded a bit "coldish", so I immediately put mine on. In fact, I put on a second disposable one under my regular cloth one just to be as safe as possible. Normally, I would be going on the road for deliveries, but yesterday, I was in the warehouse all day, about half of it in relatively close proximity to my supervisor. Unfortunately, there were at least a few times when he pulled his mask down to talk, and at least once when he sneezed while his mask was under his chin. Needless to say, I was not happy, but there wasn't a lot I could do about it. Although he is vaccinated as a work requirement, to my knowledge he has not been tested recently, and he has made it clear that he doesn't intend to be tested or to get any further vaccination boosting.
I am fully vaccinated and boosted (as well as I can be with the J&J vaccine), so I think that even if I become ill, I will be okay. However, my biggest concern is that I live with my mother, who is anti-vax and has refused to get a vaccine. She is 81, and while very active and in good health generally, she is obviously at risk.
In any case, I'm feeling a bit under the weather today, and I don't know if it's just being worn out from work and lack of sleep or if I may be coming down with something from my few direct interactions with my supervisor. It's impossible to find a test of any kind anywhere near me at the moment, and the drive-through testing centers are booked solid for the next two weeks, so I can't get one before I am supposed to go back to work on Monday. I would appreciate any healing energies for myself, but more energies to protect my mother. If anyone is so inclined, I would also like to know if anyone has any intuitive impressions about whether this may be serious and/or how concerned I need to be.
Thank you. :-)
@tgraf66 I am sending protection for you and for your mother.
I thought it was impossible to find a quick test kit until I started calling pharmacy stores over a three-day period. I almost gave up but then for some reason, I called the local CVS here and after pushing a lot of buttons, I discovered the only department that now picks up the phone was the pharmacy. A woman picked up the phone and said obliquely, "tests at the front desk" and then hung up on me. I wasn't sure what she meant because they had a message on their site that they were sold out of tests. Still I drove straight to the pharmacy and they had them. It's worth trying because they are out there.